[vortex] [BUG?]3c905C and linux kernel 2.4.0test12-pre6 - system hangs on boot

[Andrew Morton]

Richard,

I don't think this is a 3c59x problem.  You can verify this
by putting a known-to-work 2.4 3c59x.c into the current tree (please).

There have been things happening in the interrupt routing code lately.
It's my suspicion that your NIC is now sharing an interrupt with something
which doesn't know how to share interrupts.  Perhaps.

So if you can eliminate 3c59x I'd recommend that you do a little more
investigation and then send a full report to linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org.


Richard Kinder wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>         I am trying to have a play with the 2.4 kernel test series, but my
> system hangs on booting when trying to bring up eth0
> (2.4.0test10,11,12). Everything worked fine for 2.4.0test11-ac3.
>         I booted into single user on the machine then tried to bring up eth0,
> the only message in the kernel log file was:
> 
> Dec  7 11:58:14 localhost kernel: eth0: using NWAY autonegotiation
> 
> then nothing more, no keyboard response, no activity whatsoever followed
> by the reset button and a long fsck.
> 
> The kernel messages for the interface initialisation were:
> 
> Dec  7 11:55:37 localhost kernel: 3c59x.c:LK1.1.11 13 Nov 2000  Donald
> Becker and others. http://www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html $Revision:
> 1.102.2.46 $
> Dec  7 11:55:37 localhost kernel: See
> Documentation/networking/vortex.txt
> Dec  7 11:55:37 localhost kernel: eth0: 3Com PCI 3c905C Tornado at
> 0xdc00,  00:01:02:6c:96:a8, IRQ 9
> Dec  7 11:55:37 localhost kernel:   8K byte-wide RAM 5:3 Rx:Tx split,
> autoselect/Autonegotiate interface.
> Dec  7 11:55:37 localhost kernel:   MII transceiver found at address 24,
> status 782d.
> Dec  7 11:55:38 localhost kernel:   Enabling bus-master transmits and
> whole-frame receives.
> 
>         Email me for more information if required.
> 
> Thanks for your time.
> 
> Regards,
>         Richard